TAMOAS PROGRAM

The Texas Area Model Organization of American States (TAMOAS) is an important activity of the Pan American Student Forum annual PASF Convention in San Antonio.

TAMOAS is designed to allow students to propose and discuss solutions to problems in the Americas. Delegates choose a country to represent and research that country’s history, culture, and political position on certain topics. They then write proposals for solutions to the various problems following the procedures and purposes of the Charter of the OAS.

The Organization of American States (OAS) is an Inter-Governmental organization of the countries of the Western Hemisphere which has the following essential purposes:

To strengthen the peace and security of the Americas;

To promote and consolidate representative democracy, with due respect for the principle of non-intervention;

To prevent possible causes of difficulties and to ensure the pacific settlement of disputes that may arise among the member states;

To provide for common action on the part of those states in the event of aggression;

To seek the solution of political, juridical, and economic problems that may arise among them;

To promote, by cooperative action, their economic, social, and cultural development, and

To achieve an effective limitation of conventional weapons that will make it possible to devote the largest possible amount of resources to the economic and social development of the member states.

The peace and security of the Americas, the promotion and consolidation of democracy, and the advancement of cooperation for integral development are fundamental objectives of the OAS.”

TAMOAS is a modified version of the national model which takes place at the OAS Building in Washington, D.C. Delegates to the Texas Model have the opportunity to simulate the actual proceedings of the OAS. Ten students from TAMOAS are selected to participate in the National Model OAS. This trip is paid for by membership dues to PASF and TAMOAS registration fees.

In San Antonio, during the PASF Convention, delegates will meet in formal sessions to present the proposals and resolutions which they have researched and written on behalf of the nation which they represent. Delegates are expected to dress and conduct themselves in a professional manner. Diplomacy is paramount in all discussions. Speaking skills are important, but the purpose is to demonstrate knowledge of one’s country and its position on the issues and to convince the other delegations diplomatically of the validity of their proposals.

Each PASF chapter may represent as many as 2 delegations at $75.00 each. If your chapter of PASF would like to participate in TAMOAS, please complete the Registration Form.

As soon as the registration is received, a packet of information will be mailed to the sponsor. Included in the packet will be Rules of Procedure, OAS Charter, and other important information. Since there are only 34 OAS member nations, it is important that you send your registration as soon as possible. No registrations will be accepted after this date. The assignment of a country will be made on a first-received, first-assigned basis. Schools may not represent the same country two years consecutively and schools with MOAS delegates cannot represent the same country that they represented in Washington, D.C.

Every effort will be made to secure judges who have had experience with the OAS. All judges will be knowledgeable of the rules and procedures of TAMOAS. The judges have the authority to disqualify any participant for the following reasons:

*Undiplomatic conduct

*Not a PASF member

*Not a Registered Convention participant.

Awards will include Best Delegate, Best Senior Delegate, Best Delegation First Committee, Best Delegation Second Delegation, and the Best Representative of the Spirit of Pan Americanism.

TAMOAS Workshops TAMOAS Registration Form

Instructions for Numbering Resolutions

TEXAS AREA MODEL OAS GENERAL ASSEMBLY

PRESIDENT’S NOTES

SGA/SCR/MOAS/___/____ - Invitation Letter

word_documents/LIST OF TOPICS.doc

Pan American Student Forum of Texas Medical Release

SG/PI/MOAS/140/97

MODEL OAS GENERAL ASSEMBLY

PASF TAMOAS COUNTRY ASSIGNMENTS

PASF BYLAWS

Pan American Student Forum of Texas